Started out the night in Section Grandstand Outfield 408 but moved to some open seats in Grandstand Dugout 419. That's where you're getting your view for the night. 8-2 Yanks in the middle of the bottom of the 7th on a beautiful night from the Bronx.
-Andrew
Lee Richmond (June 12, 1880) played with Sadie Houck on the 1879 Boston Red Caps. Houck played with John Montgomery "Monte" Ward (June 17, 1880) on the 1880 Providence Grays. Ward played with Gus Weyhing on the 1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders. Weyhing played with Cy Young (May 5, 1904) on the 1900 St. Louis Cardinals. Young played with Addie Joss (October 2, 1908) on the 1909 Cleveland Naps. Joss played with "Shoeless" Joe Jackson on the 1910 Cleveland Naps. Jackson played with Charlie Robertson (April 30, 1922) on the 1919 Chicago White Sox. Roberston played with Ted Lyons on the 1924 Chicago White Sox and Lyons played with Bob Kennedy on the 1939 Chicago White Sox. Kennedy played with Don Larsen (October 8, 1956) on the 1954 Baltimore Orioles. Larsen played with Harvey Kuenn on the 1962 San Francisco Giants. Kuenn played with Jim Bunning (June 21, 1964) on the 1958 Detroit Tigers. Bunning played with Maury Wills on the 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates. Wills played with Sandy Koufax (September 9, 1965) on the 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers. Koufax played with Tommy Davis on the 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers. Davis played with Jim "Catfish" Hunter (May 8, 1968) on the 1970 Oakland Athletics. Hunter played with Dock Ellis on the 1977 New York Yankees. Ellis played with Len Barker (May 15, 1981) on the 1977 Texas Rangers. Barker played with Neal Heaton on the 1982 Cleveland Indians. Heaton played with Mike Witt (September 30, 1984) on the 1993 New York Yankees. Witt played with Wally Joyner on the 1988 California Angels. Joyner played with Tom Browning (September 16, 1988) on the 1995 Kansas City Royals. Browning played with Dann Bilardello on the 1985 Cincinnati Reds. Bilardello played with Dennis Martinez (July 28, 1991) on the 1986 Montreal Expos. Martinez played with Jeff Russell on the 1994 Cleveland Indians. Russell played with Kenny Rogers (July 28, 1994) on the 1992 Texas Rangers. Rogers played with David Wells (May 17, 1998) and David Cone (July 18, 1999) on the 1997 New York Yankees. Cone played with Mark Whiten on the 1997 New York Yankees. Whiten played with Randy Johnson (May 18, 2004) on the 1996 Seattle Mariners. Johnson played with Octavio Dotel on the 2006 New York Yankees. Dotel played with Mark Buehrle (July 23, 2009) on the 2008 Chicago White Sox. Buehrle played with Mark Kotsay on the 2009 Chicago White Sox. Kotsay played with Dallas Braden (May 9, 2010) on the 2007 Oakland Athletics.
There is not an easy answer to this complex situation. The circumstances of Ben Roethlisberger's 2006 motorcycle accident indicate that he was riding without a helmet and that he suffered enough of an impact to cause multiple facial fractures and loss of teeth (riding without a helmet on that day would indicate bad judgment even before the documented head trauma). There is also documentation of other sports-related concussions.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The article by David Epstein does address the issues well. At first blush, it is difficult to differentiate what may be adolescent-type behavior in a young man with fame and fortune and irresponsible behavior, from that of someone with frontal lobe damage. The acceleration/deceleration head injuries that Ben has experienced can cause brain damage on a cellular level which can result in frontal lobe damage manifested by poor judgment (loss of executive function) and the loss of ability to filter speech and behavior in order to behave in a socially appropriate fashion (disinhibition). Damage to the temporal lobes (which can also occur from acceleration/deceleration head trauma) can also result in certain deviant sexual behaviors, but this would be highly unusual. I agree with the comments of the neurologists and neuropsychologists that determination of his behavior patterns earlier in life as well as extensive neuropsychological testing will be able to determine whether this is the behavior of an egotistical man or inappropriate behavior of a brain-damaged individual.
According to hirejimessian.com, Jeff Baker of the Chicago Cubs missed several consecutive days at the end of April and the beginning of May due to a farting accident. Here’s the post:
By the way, there is a reason Baker has not been starting until today. I know someone in the Cubs organization, who informed me last week that Baker and two pitchers, one of them a starter, were lighting farts in the clubhouse, when something went awry, and Baker suffered second degree burns to his patoot. Even worse, a pitcher got a slight burn on his throwing hand. The hair on Bakers behind got singed, so he is now hairless there. In tonights game, he was lifted for a pinch hitter, something Lou never does. The reason—–the blisters on his bottom burst, causing so much water, that Theriot accused him of wetting his pants. He never came out of the clubhouse, so Lou was forced to put in Fontenot.
There’s no official word from the Cubs, and we shouldn’t expect it. When Carrie Muskat, the beat writer for the Chicago Cubs for MLB.com was questioned about Baker’s whereabouts, she said, “You’re right, Baker hasn’t played since April 26.” I’m wondering if she knows a little more than she wants to say in public.Wow. I found out about this story from HardballTalk's Craig Calcaterra who tweeted: "Someone please tell me this is true. I'll even accept a 'no comment' that we can all assume to be an admission." I just hope that the Cubs PR person laughing off the call from Deadspin means that they're trying to hint that it's true. Can this just be another thing that pisses off Lou Pinella to no end? Lighting farts is about as American as it gets--a national past time. Everyone is doing it. And while Kenny killed himself in South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut, Jeff Baker may or may not have missed a few days of baseball. In the words of Frank Zappa: "The manly art of fart-burning. Compression, ignition, combustion and exhaust."
In stark contrast to last week's Sports Illustrated, which features a sitdown conversation with the core four members of the New York Yankees, this week's issue delves into the life of shamed Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger, who recently received a six game suspension from the NFL for his actions off of the field, is portrayed as a despicable, disgusting excuse for a human being who lacks even the most basic social etiquette. In displaying traits similar to that of a sociopath, the multi-millionaire QB done things that are so despicable that I find it hard to even look at him. Such acts include mocking a pregnant waitress at a TGI Fridays, skipping out on the bill at Pittsburgh dining establishment, and having a Harrah's Lake Tahoe employee fired for requesting identification to verify the age of one of his female companions (although Roethlisberger's connection at Harrah's should be equally shamed for having the employee fired).
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